The Grassroots 365 Championship Event, branded as #G365Championship, is the marquee Grassroots 365 and West Coast National event played each spring in Southern California. This year’s event, taking place on April 1-2, will mark the 10th anniversary of the event and is expected to draw over 350 youth and HS teams from across the nation.
The event has a long successful history of being one of the first events to bring together some of the top youth teams in the country and provide them with social media coverage and exposure. Teams from Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Texas, New Mexico, Hawaii, Montana, Florida, Idaho, Washington, Nevada, Utah, and throughout California have made the trek to compete in the event.
The event is also the first to fully incorporate and utilize its team rankings system to determine a Champion. Past notable team champions have included Oakland Soldiers, Seattle Rotary, SF Rebels, Oakland Rebels, Sneakersteal, Vegas Elite, Squad, 360 Basketball, City Stars, OGP Kings, RC Bulls, Compton Magic, The Truth, AZ Storm, Team Bibby, AZ Monsoon, Rose City Rebels, Sacramento Yellow Jackets, MVP Flight, and West Coast All Stars.
Players such as: Ziaire Williams (SGV/Memphis Grizzlies), Evan Mobley (Compton Magic/Cleveland Cavaliers), Ty Washington (West Coast All Stars/Houston Rockets), Josh Christopher (Oakland Soldiers/Houston Rockets), Paolo Banchero (Seattle Rotary/Orlando Magic), MarJon Beauchamp (Seattle Rotary/Milwaukee Bucks), Jalen Suggs (JV Elite/Orlando Magic), Onyeka Okongwu (RC Bulls/Atlanta Hawks), Johnny Juzang (City Stars/Utah Jazz), Jaime Jaquez (The Truth/ UCLA), Aidan Mahaney (MVP Flight/St. Mary’s), Brandon Angel (SD Rebels/ Stanford), Jaylen Clark (West Coast All Stars/UCLA), Jackson Shelstad (Rose City Rebels/ Oregon), Jarod Lucas (Compton Magic/Nevada), Jaxon Kohler (Froggs/Michigan State), Mookie Cookie (Rose City Rebels/ Oregon), Boogie Ellis (SDA/USC), Dylan Andrews (Compton Magic/UCLA), Nolan Hickman (Seattle Rotary/Gonzaga), Jared McCain (916 Select/Duke) and Nico Mannion (AZ Monsoon/Golden State Warriors). KZ Okpala (Open Gym Premier/ Sacramento Kings), Peyton Watson (Inland Force / Denver Nuggets).
As the event is about to host its 10-year anniversary, the work continues to drive innovation across everything that has made this event a success. Over the past two years, Grassroots 365 has incorporated the Passport to simplify game day player verification and maximize player experience and exposure. The Passport stores players bios, event performances with stats and awards and features event stat leaderboards, box scores, and a team page that displays its stat leaders and season records. Additionally, with Open Gym Premier taking control of operating and managing the OGP Anaheim and OGP Ladera event host facilities, Grassroots 365 creates an unmatched customer and player experience at its event.